Géza Nagy
Géza Nagy (born December 29, 1892 in Sátoraljaújhely , † August 13, 1953 in Kaposvár ) was a Hungarian chess player .
Life
Géza Nagy was a doctor and worked in the Kaposvár District General Hospital as the medical director.
In 1924 he won the Hungarian championship and the international championship tournament in Győr before Dawid Przepiórka . In 1927 in London and in 1928 in The Hague , he took part in the Chess Olympiad with the Hungarian national team. Hungary won the Olympics both times. In 1927, at the very first Olympics, he scored 9.5 out of 14 and in 1928 he scored 11.5 out of 16.
In 1950, when the title was introduced by the World Chess Federation FIDE , he received the title of International Master .
His best historical Elo rating was 2585. This he reached in January 1925 as 21st in the subsequently calculated world rankings.
On September 13, 2008, a plaque was unveiled in his honor in Kaposvár. The occasion was the 80th anniversary of his participation in the Hungarian team's second win at a Chess Olympiad .
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Géza Nagy on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Géza Nagy's Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Profile page on chessmetrics.com (English)
- ↑ Emléktábla dr Nagy Géza EMLÉKÉRE (Translation: panel for Eninnerung to Géza Nagy ), articles on sakk-magazin.hu (Hungarian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagy, Géza |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagy, Geza (FIDE) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sátoraljaújhely |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1953 |
| Place of death | Kaposvár |